Social media, particularly X, is becoming increasingly influential in shaping political discourse.
In this piece for @uk.theconversation.com we explore how the online right is using it to shift the Overton window and influence Reform policy.
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Inside the far-right social media ecosystem normalising extremist ideas in UK politics
A process of normalisation has led Reform to propose mass deportations where once it believed such a policy would never be politically viable.